Singapore's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) was 99.87% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.44 percentage points from 99.42% in 2017.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.87% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 99.42% | 2017 |
| Highest | 99.87% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 83.06% | 1978 |
| Average since 2016 | 99.53% | 2016–2022 |
| First recorded | 95.14% | 1972 |
Over five years it is up 0.44 percentage points from 99.42% in 2017. Since 1972 it is up 4.72 percentage points from 95.14% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 33 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2022, Singapore's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) rose 0.33 percentage points on 2021 (from 99.54% to 99.87%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2021), the average change was −0.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.33 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.04 percentage points in 1977. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Singapore had the 5th highest value of the 20 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 99.87% | 2022 |
| World | 77.64% | 2023 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 94.96% | 2021 |
| High income | 93.4% | 2023 |
Closest to Singapore in the 2022 ranking
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 18 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.87 |
| 2021 | 99.54 |
| 2020 | 99.47 |
| 2019 | 99.31 |
| 2018 | 99.25 |
| 2017 | 99.42 |
| 2016 | 99.83 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 96.46% (2019)
- Cambodia — 75.26% (2019)
- Fiji — 92.44% (2023)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 96.27% (2023)
- Korea, Rep. — 98.92% (2023)
- Lao PDR — 79.82% (2019)
- Malaysia — 85.47% (2023)
- Mongolia — 97.92% (2018)
- Philippines — 91.62% (2023)
More education data for Singapore
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
- Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 2.19% (2024)
- Preprimary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 238,816 (2023)
- Primary education, teachers — 16,639 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils — 163,746 (2023)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 80.55% (2023)
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Questions people ask
- What is Singapore's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)?
- 99.87% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is up 4.72 percentage points from 95.14% in 1972. The highest value was 99.87% in 2022 and the lowest 83.06% in 1978.
- How does Singapore rank?
- 5th highest of 20 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) unusual for Singapore?
- In 2022, Singapore's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) rose 0.33 percentage points on 2021 (from 99.54% to 99.87%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2021), the average change was −0.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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